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Haydale (AIM: HAYD), the global graphene and nanomaterials group announces that on 27 June 2017, the Board of the Company awarded options ("Options") over an aggregate of 137,327 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the Company's approved and unapproved share option schemes adopted by the Board on 4 April 2014.

All of the Options granted have an exercise price of 178.5 pence per Ordinary Share (being the closing mid-market price of the Company's Ordinary Shares on 27 June 2017) and will vest on the third anniversary of grant. On vesting, the Options will be exercisable until the tenth anniversary of grant. Following the grant of these Options, the Company’s total number of options outstanding as at the date of this announcement is 1,200,907. None of the Options granted were granted to directors or PDMRs of the Company.

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Haydale is a global technologies and materials group that facilitates the integration of nanomaterials into the next generation of commercial technologies and industrial materials. With expertise in graphene, silicon carbide and other nanomaterials, Haydale is able to deliver improvements in electrical, thermal and mechanical properties, as well as toughness. Haydale has granted patents for its technologies in Europe, USA and China and operates from four facilities in the UK, USA and the Far East.

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